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218 FANØ. Chap. XLV.
CHAPTER XLV.
Island of Fanø — Voluminous petticoats and black masks of the
peasant women — Their Oriental character and Dutch cleanliness —
Queen Thyre wrecked off the Isle of Man — Amber-gathering.
ISLAND OF FANØ.
July 21st.—May be you have never heard of Fanø :
it lies situated nearly opposite to the little seaport
town of Hjerting, from whose harbour in summer season
runs a beeve-bearing steamer to the coast of England,
with supplies for that most voracious of gastronomic
whirlpools, the London market. Fanø is a long narrow
piece of land, not unlike a high-heeled bottine in shape,
delicately pointing its toe under the direction of some
fashionable maitre de ballet.
Of late years it has less the resemblance, or rather is
the ghost, of a bathing establishment, frequented by quiet
humdrum people, seekers of health, not pleasure, who
lodge in the tw© small hotels of the place.
Disembarked at a certain Jørgensen’s, where we found clean
comfortable quarters and good food: you might have
eaten your dinner off the floor, had it not been for the
sand. It is quite refreshing to again meet with the
Dutch cleanliness we had quite left behind on quitting
the Liimfiorde, making always an exception for Varde.
Fanø is one of the few places which sticks to its
ancient habits and costumes, and has remained stationary
for the last thousand years. The costume of the women
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